Views of Flamanville 3

Views of Flamanville 3

Every month, discover a selection of pictures showing the main activities in the EPR Flamanville 3 construction site.

EPR FLAMANVILLE 3

OCTOBER 2017: THE LATEST NEWS IN PICTURES

Main control room

Integrated safeguards actuation testing began on Monday 16th October. Its purpose is to verify the response of EPR electrical systems.

Reactor building

Completion of in-air tests on the fuel-handling crane.

Reactor building

Worker marking off weld edges after completion of grinding work on a pipe. This step is an essential milestone of the Flamanville-3 pre-service inspection.

Reactor building

Leak-testing of the instrumentation that will continuously monitor nuclear fuel reactivity when the plant is running.

Reactor building

Worker preparing an inspection robot which will be used for grinding operations on welds in the main steam system.

Reactor building

Orbital welding on the main steam system.

Reactor building

Hydrostatic testing of the main feedwater system (system acronym: ARE).

Reactor building

Worker fitting electrical connections for containment penetrations.

Reactor building

Workers installing the polar crane rail.

Reactor building

Workers removing a special tool that was installed for the purpose of integrated safeguards actuation testing in order to verify the leak-tightness of the reactor coolant pumps (temporary configuration).

Fuel building

The fuel-handling truck, which will be used for spent-fuel disposal operations, has been installed in the handling bay.

Pump house

Pump house

Heat-sink systems are now almost permanently running and are being monitored by Operations personnel. This picture shows the Archimedes screw pump, which conveys filtration system wash water to the discharge pond.

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